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Statue of Inspector Walsh and Sitting Bull, Saskatchewan

Daryl Mitchell · photographed 29 June 2013

A bronze statue group in Saskatchewan showing Sitting Bull with Inspector Walsh, commemorating his years of exile in Canada.

This later statue commemorates Sitting Bull's exile in Canada and his contact with Inspector Walsh.

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Dark bronze statues seen from a low angle against a blue sky with clouds. On the left, a horse's head with bridle; in the center, a uniformed man in a peaked cap raises a hand; on the right, the back of a figure wearing a headscarf and braided hair. Green grass and trees lie behind.
Daryl Mitchell, photograph of statue of Inspector Walsh and Sitting Bull, Saskatchewan, Canada, 2013.

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What it is

This is a photograph of a bronze statue group erected in Saskatchewan, Canada, showing a mounted Mounted Police officer, Inspector Walsh, alongside a figure representing Sitting Bull. The photograph was taken by Daryl Mitchell in 2013.

Why it matters

The statue commemorates the period when Sitting Bull and his followers sought refuge in Canada after leaving the United States, and his contact with the North-West Mounted Police under Inspector Walsh. As a later monument, it tells us more about how Canadians have chosen to remember this history than about the events themselves.

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  • Why might a town choose to build a statue of these two men together?
  • What does the pose and positioning of each figure suggest about how the sculptor wanted viewers to see their relationship?
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This sculpture is part of the curated material that grounds the AI version of Sitting Bull (Tȟatȟáŋka Íyotake) on Humy.ai — when students ask about related events, the AI can quote it and cite it.

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